Collar-fastener.



B. BROOKS. comm FAST EN ER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1911- Patehtd July BERNIE BROOKS, or set. Louis, 'msso'uiu.

city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have yond said prongs for engagement by the invented a new and useful CQHar F-astener, thumb and finger of the wearer in attach-1 of which the following is a specification. ing the bar to the collar and detaching the This invention relates to a new and usebar from the collar. These extended por ful collar fastener, and consists in thenovel tions of the bar also contact with the collar construction hereinafter specified. and assist in preventing the prongs from The object of the invention is to produce working loose as occurs in'the case of fasav simple and efficient collar fastener for teners of difierenttypes. The points of the holding the flaps of a turned over soft collar bar lie on a line substantially conforming together; which fastener may be readily apwith a line or cord drawn between. the ere plied and removed and may be worn without tended ends of the bar 4:. I have found that discomfort and will. remain in place when a fastener of this construction may he read worn. l i ily engaged by the thumb and finger and \Vith the foregoing object in view, I have that the fastener may be easily connected produced the collar fastener hereinafter cliswith the collar without the collar being closed, reference being made to the accompressed away from the bar by tl'ie thui'nb panying drawing, in whichy and finger as wouldoccur if the prongs 5 Figure 1 is a front view of a collar having were atthe ends of the bar 4:. the fastener of the present lIlYGlltlOlltlPPlled The fastener is adjusted on the collar by thereto, a first cmbedding'one of the prongs 5 through Fig. 2 is a side view of the collar illusone of the flaps of the collar and drawing trating the fastener applied thereto. the flaps together with 21 slight straineinbed- Fig. 3 is a section through the collar viewding the other prong in the opposite flap. ing the fastener of the invention in plan ap- The pressure holds the fastener firmly in plied tothe collar. i V place, preventing the accidental displace- Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the fas ment of the same. tenor. k In order to; remove thejfastcner it is neces- Heretofore it has been usual in holding sary to disengage one f he prongs hymov together the flaps of a soft collar'to use a ing' it longitudiiiall IGfluP- against the bar pin of the safety type with the prong exnormal strain; on the collar; The fastener tcndingin a straight line beneath the flaps. can not be pulled outflbya direct forward This method of fastening a collar has two pulldue' to the .angle and :Lcurve of the important disadvantziges, the first is that a prongs 5. thebar l coliforms to thenatpin of the type referred to is verynncomural curveof the .collar' and asthc prongs 5 fol-table to the wearer, as the inner prong extend onlyfor a slightdistance there is no presses against the neck, and the other is part of the. fastener that; exerts pressure that the collar is pulled out of shape. and against the neck of the-wearer.

v the flapsfappear uneven. The difficulty of From. the foregoingthe essentials of the applying the fastener of the type referred to construction and the adrantagcs attainable has also nnhtated against its use. thereby will be'readilyapprehended.

. The fastener of thepresent invention ob I claim; y viates the above diszulvantages, it being ac- 1. .A collar fastener, comprising a rela- (:urately designed so that it may be worn tively long andnarrmv bar, and a single with comfort; and so that it may be applied -prong attached to the. inner face of the bar with facility and when applied will hold the at relatively a considerable. distance from flaps of the collar perfectly even. each end of the barleaving an extcnded'p'or- The collar wit-h which the fastener is in- 3 tion of the bar beyond each of said prongs tended to be used is of a familiar type comfoiu engagement by the thumb and finger vof prising a turnedoverportion having. thev the -wearer in attaching the bar to the collar .flaps"2 and 3. The fastener consists of a. land'detaching the barlfromthe collar. relatively long and narrow 4 curving to .,2. A= collar fastener, comprising a rela- To all whom it may concern: Be it known that l, 15mm in Bnoons, a citizcn of the United States, residlng at the.

the contour of the col Ian on the; wearer. The two prongs 5 are in connection with the coLLAmrAsTE I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1917 Serial No. 173 105.

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inner orconcave side of the bar at'relatively a cons derable distance from the ends of the bar, leaving ertended portwns of the bar beieie;

ing its inner surface in the same euried taching the bar to the collar and detaching plane throughout its length, and a pair of the bar from the collar, said prongs having prongs in connection with the bar at rehitheir points terminating upproxinmtely in 10 tively a considerable distance from the ends the same plane with the ends of the bar.

of the bar leaving extended portions of the In witness whereof, I have signed this barbeyond said prongs for engagement by specification. he thumb and finger of the n'earerin at- BERNIE BROOKS. 

